Chapter 97 Uninvited Guests

"Ahhh, you actually had such a wonderful adventure without our knowledge!"

After listening to Adam and Uther's brief version of their summer vacation experience, Bernard and Cologne wailed on the express.

Uther's body stiffened, Adam looked at Uther and quickly covered their mouths, blinking randomly.

With their relationship, it is impossible that they don't have any tacit understanding of eye contact. Looking at Adam's look, plus Uther's strange behavior, it is obvious that this is the literal meaning: can't say, or hard to say.

The two blinked to show that they understood.

"There's nothing to say, my father died there."

Uther's words made the atmosphere at the scene stagnant, and after a few seconds Cologne spoke:

"Uh, Uther, you have been staying with Adam since you came to England, and you didn't come to play with us..."

"Yes, you actually ate Adam's cooking for a month longer than us!"

Bernard also followed suit.

"To prevent being found by the hostile people, I have been staying in the safe house prepared by Adam for a month and cannot go out."

"..."

Bernard and Cologne looked at each other and saw the helplessness in each other's eyes.

There was no way to chat that day!

In the end, Adam saved everyone:

"It's almost noon, let's eat."

In Hufflepuff, when you don't know what to say or what to do, eating is always right.

After the voice fell, everyone took out the same unicorn horn chopsticks and looked at Adam with burning eyes.

Tiger skin chicken feet, crab meat dumplings, crystal shrimp dumplings, dry steamed siu mai, custard buns, red bean paste buns, barbecued pork buns, glutinous rice chicken, white-cut chicken, lotus leaf chicken...

Unlock the magic of the small cards, six stacks of plate-sized steamers were placed on the table layer by layer, all still steaming. After eating one layer, put the steamer aside and eat the next layer. In addition, Adam also brewed a pot of chrysanthemum licorice tea.

"Ah~ I really miss Adam's cooking."

Cologne took a bite of the boneless tiger skin chicken feet and was so moved that he almost shed tears:

"My sister is even more pitiful. She couldn't forget Adam's rice balls after eating them last year. I even suspect that her mental state has begun to become abnormal."

"Well, isn't that a bit exaggerated?"

Bernard took a small bite of the lava bun, blew on the slightly hot filling, and took a second bite.

"But I don't think a mentally normal person would command the fish in the stargazing pie to sing together."

Hearing this, Bernard paused chewing.

The fish in the stargazing pie... sing together?

Hiss-excuse me!

"Eugene, what's wrong with you?"

Adam took a sip of tea. The sweetness of licorice and the sweetness of chrysanthemum made him feel relaxed and happy. Then he saw Eugene silently eating shrimp dumplings in small bites.

As the saying goes, if you are not active in eating, you have problems with your mind. The six shrimp dumplings in the basket were not even as big as a palm, but Eugene didn't finish them after three or four bites. Obviously, he was worried.

"I'm fine..."

Eugene hadn't finished speaking when Adam sighed and hugged him:

"Why do you all keep things to yourself and refuse to say anything?"

"Ahem——"

Cologne, who had been looking at Eugene with concern, looked at Uther curiously:

"Uther, what's wrong with you?"

"It's okay. I choked because I ate too fast."

Uther's face flushed red. He quickly took a sip of tea, wiped his mouth with a piece of paper, and rummaged through his pockets... He looked very busy.

"Oh."

Cologne nodded and looked at Eugene again:

"Yes, yes, even if we may not be able to help, it will at least make us feel better if you tell us~"

"..."

Eugene was silent for a few seconds, and finally nodded and told his thoughts:

"At the end of August, my parents sent a letter to my grandmother, saying that they suddenly made a new discovery... and would come back to see us next year."

"...So, you still didn't see them this year?"

"Yeah."

"..."

The box fell silent again.

Compared to his roommates, Adam thought more about himself who did not go to China this year... Of course, his situation was different from Eugene's.

No matter what the reason was, the relatives in China had no contact with him or even Ms. Li in recent years. Although he accepted Mr. Reed and Ms. Li, that was the result of their unilateral love for Adam for several years. Adam, who was once an adult, was not so lacking in love.

After bringing Uther back to the UK, Adam and Ms. Li said that they could still go to China in the next month. Anyway, it was just a meeting that would not take long, but this time it was Ms. Li who hesitated and said that she could go next year.

It would make Ms. Li, who had calmed down, hesitate... The implication of this has made Adam feel no guilt for his proactive breach of contract.

He did not think that Ms. Li's expression at that time was because she was homesick.

All the signs at present made Adam suspect that his visit to China next year might not be so pleasant...

In the end, Adam and his friends still couldn't come up with a good solution. They couldn't just kidnap Eugene's parents, so they had to try to fill the gap of his parents' affection with food and brotherly love.

Judging from the way Eugene was chewing the fried yellow croaker, the effect seemed to be good?

"Hiss--"

Uther felt that the surroundings seemed to have suddenly become cold, and couldn't help rubbing his arms:

"Isn't it summer now? Why did it suddenly get colder?"

"The weather outside seems to have changed. Is it going to rain?"

As soon as Cologne finished speaking, a drop of water hit the glass and made a "pop" sound.

"Wow, it seems that Cologne's divination class grades this year will not be very bad."

Bernard couldn't help but tease.

The drop of water just now was just the beginning. The rain outside soon got heavier. The raindrops kept hitting the moving express and made banging sounds. The glass was even more shaken by the hitting.

After lunch, Adam and Cologne played a few games of wizard chess. Cologne, who lost more than he won, couldn't help looking out the window:

"This rain is so annoying!"

Through the window, it is almost impossible to see the scenery outside the window. You can only see a dark shadow moving slowly, probably the mountains in the distance.

There is the sound of continuous rain in my ears, and it is dark outside the window again. The moisture of the rain penetrates through the gaps in the window. The air you breathe is moist and dull. It is normal for people to feel bad.

But the Hogwarts Express, which slowed down and finally stopped, was obviously not normal.

"Have we arrived yet?"

Uther frowned. If his feeling was correct...

"If the Hogwarts Express was not speeding, we are obviously still some distance away from Hogwarts."

Bernard took out his pocket watch and took a look.

"Oh my God! What's going on?"

Cologne suddenly spoke, and everyone looked at him and found that his hand was on the window... and the corner of the window where his fingers touched had quietly attached a layer of white frost.

Eugene reached out and wiped the mist on the window, looked out, and saw only a few shadows, but this was enough to make him feel something was wrong:

"There is something outside!"

After reminding everyone, Eugene took a deep breath, couldn't help but step back a little, and put his hand over his heart.

Why... did he suddenly feel so uncomfortable? I just thought it was nothing...

"Dad...Mom...Why..."

"Expecto Patronus!"

A silver-white Maine Coon cat burst out from the top of Adam's wand, ran around the box, and finally sat on Adam's shoulder, looking at the door of the box with Adam.

There was a dark hand there, and now it seemed to feel the breath of the patronus in the box and left without hesitation.

Looking back at Cologne and Bernard who were in poor condition, and Uther and Eugene who were obviously in poor condition, Adam looked a little ugly.

The influence of the Dementors...can actually penetrate the protection of the shield?